Mets' Jared Young dealing with knee discomfort; IL stint a possibility

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Mets' Jared Young dealing with knee discomfort; IL stint a possibility

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Mets' Jared Young dealing with knee discomfort; IL stint a possibility

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Mets' Jared Young dealing with knee discomfort; IL stint a possibility

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The Mets are dealing with another potential IL situation on their roster.

Before Tuesday's game against the Dodgers, Mets manager Carlos Mendoza was asked why he decided to go with Mark Vientos over Jared Young at first base, and the skipper revealed that Young is dealing with a knee injury.

"Jared is dealing with some left knee discomfort. Happened Sunday after the game," Mendoza said. "Didn't get better yesterday, so we have to see what we're dealing with here.

When asked if an IL stint is possible, Mendoza said it was but that they have to wait and see the results from imaging they had done on Tuesday.

"Yea we have to see what we're dealing with and see what we got," Mendoza said of a potential IL stint for Young. "Have to check in to see if he's available today. And then we'll go from there."

Young has appeared in 11 games so far this season, mostly off the bench, but has been effective in his handful of starts. This year, he's 7-for-20 with two doubles, two RBI with a .391 OBP.

In Young's last game, Sunday against the Athletics, he went 1-for-2.

The Mets are dealing with a few injuries on their roster. Of course, Juan Soto is on the IL and they just placed reliever Joey Gerber on the IL with a blister. Jorge Polanco is dealing with Achilles tendinitis and has been in and out of the lineup -- and unable to play first base.

The injuries are a part of the Mets' early-season struggles, along with their lack of offense. Mendoza has changed his lineup a bit in recent games to try and get a spark from his bats.

For Tuesday's game, Mendoza moved Vientos down in the lineup and explained that he just liked Francisco Alvarez's at-bats right now.

"Just continue to move guys around and continue to get guys going," Mendoza said.

One aspect of the lineup he won't change, for the time being, is moving Francisco Lindor out of the leadoff spot.

"Not at this point," Mendoza said of the proposition. "He's too good of a hitter. I haven't considered that."

After a hot stretch, Vientos is just 2-for-24 over his last seven games. Lindor's slump has been season long. The shortstop is slashing .176 with an OBP of .291 and has not recorded an RBI yet.